I am trying to execute a dotnet .dll from outside it's build directory (working directory).

When I do that the appsettings.json file is ignored.

Is there a way to set the working directory? Or can I specify where the appsettings.json file is located?

something like that:

# option A:
$env:DOTNET_WORKING_DIRECOTRY = "C:\root\build"
dotnet c:\root\build\hello.dll

# option B:
dotnet c:\root\build\hello.dll --appsettings c:\root\build\appsettings.json

Details

C:\root
└───build
    ├───appsettings.json
    └───hello.dll

works:

cd C:\root\build
dotnet hello.dll

does not work (ignores appsettings.json):

cd C:\root
dotnet build/hello.dll